"foot five competitor a bloody nose, and later a bloody mouth. He won the match and thus the competition. The second competition was aired under the new name ""Games People Play"" on NBC-TV. When interviewed by Bryant Gumbel before the final boxing match, Mr T. said, ""I just feel sorry for the guy who I have to box. I just feel real sorry for him."" This fight was scheduled to last three rounds, but Mr. T finished it in less than 54 seconds. Sylvester Stallone's line, ""I don't hate him but...I pity the fool"" in the movie ""Rocky III"" is"
"commented on the interpretation of St. Paul's ""suffer fools gladly"": Suffer fools gladly Suffer fools gladly is a well-known phrase in contemporary use, first coined by Saint Paul in his second letter to the Church at Corinth (chapter 11). The full verse of the original source of the idiom, 2 Corinthians 11:19 (KJV), reads ""For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise."" The New International Version states ""You gladly put up with fools since you are so wise!"" In its current usage, the meaning of the negative, ""not"" to suffer fools gladly, has been stated by the Cambridge"
"Suffer fools gladly Suffer fools gladly is a well-known phrase in contemporary use, first coined by Saint Paul in his second letter to the Church at Corinth (chapter 11). The full verse of the original source of the idiom, 2 Corinthians 11:19 (KJV), reads ""For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise."" The New International Version states ""You gladly put up with fools since you are so wise!"" In its current usage, the meaning of the negative, ""not"" to suffer fools gladly, has been stated by the Cambridge Idiom Dictionary, 2nd Ed. (2006), as ""to become angry with"
"dispenses evils. The mistranslation of ""pithos"" is usually attributed to the 16th century humanist Erasmus who, in his Latin account of the story of Pandora, changed the Greek ""pithos"" to ""pyxis"", meaning ""box"". The context in which the story appeared was Erasmus' collection of proverbs, the ""Adagia"" (1508), in illustration of the Latin saying ""Malo accepto stultus sapit"" (from experiencing trouble a fool is made wise). In his version the box is opened by Epimetheus, whose name means 'Afterthought' – or as Hesiod comments, ""he whom mistakes made wise"". There were alternative accounts of jars or urns containing blessings and"
"upon the Plotters (who fall into the pit they dug)."" The play utilizes a few key words that the audience at the time would recognize as allusions to the Plot. In one sermon in 1605, Lancelot Andrewes stated, regarding the failure of the Plotters on God's day, ""Be they fair or foul, glad or sad (as the poet calleth Him) the great Diespiter, 'the Father of days' hath made them both."" Shakespeare begins the play by using the words ""fair"" and ""foul"" in the first speeches of the witches and Macbeth. In the words of Jonathan Gil Harris, the play"
"in his own way: in the very last strophe, he called himself a dumb, meaning instead the opposite. But see the following issue. It was in honor of Carlo Porta that Alessandro Manzoni, the father of the contemporary Italian language, wrote his only poem in the Lombard language, namely: ""On badee ch’el voeur fà de sapientôn / el se toeu subet via per on badee; / ma on omm de coo ch’el voeur parè minciôn / el se mett anca luu in d'on bell cuntee."" (A stupid wishing to pose as a clever man / is seen to be a"
"Stupidity Stupidity is a lack of intelligence, understanding, reason, wit, or common sense. Stupidity may be innate, assumed or reactive – a defence against grief or trauma. The root word ""stupid"", which can serve as an adjective or noun, comes from the Latin verb ""stupere"", for being numb or astonished, and is related to ""stupor"". In Roman culture, the ""stupidus"" was the professional fall guy in the theatrical mimes. According to the online Merriam-Webster dictionary, the words ""stupid"" and ""stupidity"" entered the English language in 1541. Since then, stupidity has taken place along with ""fool,"" ""idiot,"" ""dumb,"" ""moron,"" and related"
"Sandy Powell (comedian) Albert Arthur Powell MBE (30 January 1900 – 26 June 1982), known as Sandy Powell, was an English comedian best known for his radio work of the 1930s and for his catchphrase ""Can you hear me, mother?"". He first said this in a theatre in Coventry. Fifty years later, deciding he needed a rest from the business (he planned a cruise around the world with his wife), he again said it in a Coventry theatre, for the last time. Born in Rotherham, West Riding of Yorkshire, now South Yorkshire, England in 1900, he attended White's school in"
"of the phrase's late 20th and early 21st century usage, it generally appears in the negative, e.g., in obituaries with a variety of connotations or as a cliché of intellectuals in reference to one another, frequently to explain or justify ornery or cantankerous behavior; the combined effect of these appearances is a broadening of meaning from the apparent original sarcasm of Saint Paul. Fulford goes on to note with some irony the ready use—the glad suffering—of fools by Shakespeare, who elevated their roles, admittedly non-Pauline, throughout his literary corpus. In his highly regarded early literary biography of Dickens, G.K. Chesterton"
"illustrating Psalm 53, ""The Fool Hath said in his heart, There is no God"", shows a man drinking from a chalice, a typical attribute of the fool, signifying drunkenness. He is held back by another man who holds his long hood and beats him. This second character probably comes from the tradition of depicting the fool as a yokel or madman clutching a cudgel. The first fool has variously been identified as a drunkard, a monk, and Archbishop Baldwin of Luxembourg. A contemporary viewer would have likely recognised him as a Jew. Both men contain elements of the grotesque, and"
"ideas set forth by Pope in ""Peri Bathos"" in the ""Miscellanies, Volume the Third"" (1727). In this piece, the rules of heroic poetry could be inverted for the proper mock-heroic. The epic hero, Pope says, has wisdom, courage, and love. Therefore, the mock-hero should have """"Vanity, Impudence, and Debauchery."""" As a wise man knows without being told, Pope says, so the vain man listens to no opinion but his own, and Pope quotes Cibber as saying, ""Let all the world impute to me what Folly or weakness they please; but till ""Wisdom"" can give me something that will make me"
"but it was worse than he realised and he died of a heart attack on 26 June 1982. Sandy Powell (comedian) Albert Arthur Powell MBE (30 January 1900 – 26 June 1982), known as Sandy Powell, was an English comedian best known for his radio work of the 1930s and for his catchphrase ""Can you hear me, mother?"". He first said this in a theatre in Coventry. Fifty years later, deciding he needed a rest from the business (he planned a cruise around the world with his wife), he again said it in a Coventry theatre, for the last time."
"us: Ridiculum acri fortius et melius magnus plerumque secat res. - Horace But, like any free action, the joke submits to the law of morality; the joke is virtuous or the joke is evil. In general, the joke only has moral value in the mouth of a morally serious person. Léon Dumont Léon Dumont (February 5, 1837 in Valenciennes – January 17, 1877 in Valenciennes) was a French psychologist and philosopher. He influenced William James and is perhaps best known for his treatise on the causes of laughter (""Des causes du rire""). The miserable beggar said to the King of"
"Nashe, in ""Summer's Last Will and Testament"" (1592, printed 1600): ""the Idiot, our Playmaker. He, like a Fop & an Ass must be making himself a public laughing-stock."" Osric, in ""Hamlet"" has a great deal of the fop's affected manner, and much of the plot of ""Twelfth Night"" revolves around tricking the puritan Malvolio into dressing as a fop. ""Fop"" was widely used as a derogatory epithet for a broad range of people by the early years of the 18th century; many of these might not have been considered showy lightweights at the time, and it is possible that its"
"it, I may allow you to destroy it.' G. K. Chesterton Gilbert Keith Chesterton, KC*SG (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936), was an English writer, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, lay theologian, biographer, and literary and art critic. Chesterton is often referred to as the ""prince of paradox"". ""Time"" magazine has observed of his writing style: ""Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out."" Chesterton is well known for his fictional priest-detective Father Brown, and for his reasoned apologetics. Even some of those who disagree with him have recognised the wide"
"Dumb Dora A dumb Dora is 1920s American slang for a foolish woman. The epithet was popularized by the vaudeville act of George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen, but was in use earlier. In 1924 it was turned into a comic strip drawn by Chic Young (of later ""Blondie"" fame) and produced by King Features Syndicate. Although Young's Dora was uneducated, she was also capable of persuading people around her to let her get her own way. This frequently resulted in the strip ending with a character saying of Dora ""She ain't so dumb!"" After Young left the strip"
"pain to the apparent subjects, who in many cases were unmistakable and most recognizable. Jean de La Bruyère Jean de la Bruyère (; 16 August 1645 – 11 May 1696) was a French philosopher and moralist, who was noted for his satire. Jean de la Bruyère was born in Paris, in today's Essonne ""département"", in 1645). His family was middle class, and his reference to a certain ""Geoffroy de La Bruyère"", a crusader, is only a satirical illustration of a method of self-ennoblement then common in France, as in some other countries. Indeed, he always signed his surname as Delabruyère"
"proved to be its final phrase: ""Even if the seventh one, you are still a fool,"" a reply to the penultimate entry, signed: ""Chief station master's deputy, Ivanov the Seventh."" It is usually said about somebody who is decorated with titles and honours that do not fit their true nature. It became an idiom in Russian language, and other writers put it in the speech of their characters: this was done, in particular, by Ivan Bunin in the ""Inscriptions"" and by Alexander Kuprin in ""Staff-Captain Rybnikov"". The Complaints Book ""The Complaints Book"" () is a short story by Anton Chekhov,"
"stupid fool. The latter is Pierot's [sic] ""rôle"". A more direct source is the patois-spouting and lovelorn peasant Pierrot of Molière's play ""Don Juan, or The Stone Guest"" (1665). Some eight years after its highly successful premiere, the Italians spoofed Molière's comedy with an ""Addendum to ""The Stone Guest"""", in which Pierrot first appeared by name among his fellow masks; he was played by one Giuseppe Giaratone, an actor who thereafter would be identified with the character for the next quarter-century. Like Molière's, Giaratone's Pierrot would also prove to be lovelorn, subject to a malady that does not afflict Pedrolino."
"had been around since at least 1872, meaning a simpleton or fool, which may have derived from ""gony"", applied by sailors to the albatross and similar big, clumsy birds (c.1839). In the late 1930s, E. C. Segar’s comic strip ""Popeye"" had a character named ""Alice the Goon"". It was from this character that large stupid people or stupid things came to popularly be called ""goons"" and the term entered into general use. ""Goon"" evolved into slang for a thug (1938), someone hired by racketeers to terrorize political or industrial opponents (1938), or a German stalag guard for American POWs (1945)."
"to create ""Blondie"", Paul Fung took over ""Dumb Dora"". Fung also added a topper strip to ""Dumb Dora"", ""When Mother was a Girl"". Although this strip was discontinued in 1935, the TV game show ""Match Game"" occasionally alluded to the strip by asking those watching in the studio to shout in unison, ""How dumb is she?"" (borrowing from a routine from ""The Tonight Show""). Flappers of the 1920s were also sometimes likened to dumb Doras. Dumb Dora A dumb Dora is 1920s American slang for a foolish woman. The epithet was popularized by the vaudeville act of George Burns and"
"G. K. Chesterton Gilbert Keith Chesterton, KC*SG (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936), was an English writer, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, lay theologian, biographer, and literary and art critic. Chesterton is often referred to as the ""prince of paradox"". ""Time"" magazine has observed of his writing style: ""Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out."" Chesterton is well known for his fictional priest-detective Father Brown, and for his reasoned apologetics. Even some of those who disagree with him have recognised the wide appeal of such works as ""Orthodoxy"" and ""The"
"in 1440, and for several centuries just meant a fool of any kind; the Oxford English Dictionary notes first use with the meaning of ""one who is foolishly attentive to and vain of his appearance, dress, or manners; a dandy, an exquisite"" in 1672. An early example of the usage is in the restoration drama ""The Soldier's Fortune"", in which a woman dismisses a potential suitor by saying ""Go, you are a fop."" The fop was a stock character in English literature and especially comic drama, as well as satirical prints. He is a ""man of fashion"" who overdresses, aspires"
"people you think are stupid"". The full meaning of Paul's use of the term ""fool"" in the original passage is complex and subtle, and the term appears repeatedly in the Chapter to develop the author's theme; however, it appears clear that the intended meaning of the phrase was as sarcasm, juxtaposing welcomes given to rival itinerant teachers in Corinth (branded as ""false apostles... masquerading"" in 2 Corinthians 11:13) with the Corinthians' possible rejection (non-welcome) of the message of this, his letter to them. As has been noted by Robert Fulford, a columnist from ""The National Post"" who collected many instances"
"DeWolf Hopper William DeWolf Hopper (March 30, 1858September 23, 1935) was an American actor, singer, comedian, and theatrical producer. A star of vaudeville and musical theater, he became best known for performing the popular baseball poem ""Casey at the Bat"". Hopper was born William D'Wolf Hopper in New York City, the son of John Hopper (born 1815) and Rosalie D'Wolf (born 1827). His father was a wealthy Quaker lawyer and his mother came from a noted Colonial family. Though his parents intended that he become a lawyer, Hopper did not enjoy that profession. Hopper was called Willie as a child,"
"our father and God, that will be a curse to many of the Elders of Israel because of their folly. With regard to it they yet grovel in darkness and will. It is one of the most glorious revealments of the economy of heaven, yet the world hold derision. Had I revealed the doctrine of baptism from [""sic""] the dead instead [of] Joseph Smith there are men around me who would have ridiculed the idea until dooms day [""sic""?]. But they are ignorant and stupid like the dumb ass. Nevertheless, Young and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles continued to"
"been commemorated by plaques elsewhere, including those at Teddington Studios, BBC Television Centre and Blackpool Comedy Carpet. Harry Worth Harry Bourlon Illingsworth (20 November 1917 – 20 July 1989), professionally known as Harry Worth, was an English comedy actor, comedian and ventriloquist. Unlike the brash humour of other comedians at the time, Worth portrayed a charming, gentle and genial character, totally bemused by life, creating comedic confusion wherever he went. Worth was born in Hoyland Common, West Riding of Yorkshire, the youngest child of a miner. He had ten siblings. When he was only five months old his father died"
"by the way, those quotes from George Carlin aren't really George Carlin"". George Carlin George Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, author, and social critic. Carlin was noted for his black comedy and reflections on politics, the English language, psychology, religion, and various taboo subjects. He and his ""seven dirty words"" comedy routine were central to the 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case ""F.C.C. v. Pacifica Foundation"", in which a 5–4 decision affirmed the government's power to regulate indecent material on the public airwaves. He is widely regarded as one of"
"famously demonstrated through the fool in Shakespeare's ""King Lear,"" who works in the royal court and remains the only character who Lear does not severely punish for speaking his mind about the king and his precarious situations. This ability to be reckless, honest, and free with language has greatly contributed to the wise fool's popularity in the literary imagination. ""To call a man a fool is not necessarily an insult, for the authentic life has frequently been pictured under the metaphor of the fool. In figures such as Socrates, Christ, and the Idiot of Dostoyevsky we see that foolishness and"
"""the word idiot (""das Wort Idiot"")."" H. L. Mencken's English translation does not contain these words. However, in 1931, the words were reinstated by Josef Hofmiller. The English translations of Walter Kaufmann and R.J. Hollingdale contain them. According to Kaufmann, Nietzsche was referring to Dostoevsky's book ""The Idiot"" and its naïve protagonist. In §35, Nietzsche wanted to convey the idea that, to Christ, Heaven is a subjective state of mind. In order to accomplish this goal, Nietzsche parodied a passage from the New Testament, which the Nietzsche-Archiv, headed by Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche, decided to suppress so that there would be no"
"Idiot Idiot was formerly a legal and psychiatric category of profound intellectual disability, in which a person's mental age is two years or less, and he or she cannot guard against common dangers. Along with terms like moron, imbecile, and cretin, the term is now archaic and offensive, and was replaced by the term ""profound mental retardation"" (which has itself since been replaced by other terms). Nowadays, ""idiot"" is a derogatory term for a stupid or foolish person. The word ""idiot"" comes from the Greek , ""idiōtēs"" 'a private person, individual', 'a private citizen' (as opposed to an official), 'a"
"one of the more noted and effective speeches of ancient Rome. He began by revealing that his pose as fool was a sham designed to protect him against an evil king. He leveled a number of charges against the king and his family: the outrage against Lucretia, whom everyone could see on the dais, the king's tyranny, the forced labor of the plebeians in the ditches and sewers of Rome. He pointed out that Superbus had come to rule by the murder of Servius Tullius, his wife's father, next-to-the-last king of Rome. He ""solemnly invoked the gods as the avengers"
"comparable fashion, almost certainly in an allusion to Dostoevsky's use of the word: ""One has to regret that no Dostoevsky lived in the neighbourhood of this most interesting ""décadent""; I mean someone who could feel the thrilling fascination of such a combination of the sublime, the sick and the childish."" Idiot Idiot was formerly a legal and psychiatric category of profound intellectual disability, in which a person's mental age is two years or less, and he or she cannot guard against common dangers. Along with terms like moron, imbecile, and cretin, the term is now archaic and offensive, and was"